“The Great Gatsby” is a heartbreaking love story that is most commonly understood as a negative interpretation of the American Dream. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we learn about Gatsby's less-than-wealthy past, which not only makes him look like the star of a rags-to-riches story, but it also makes Gatsby himself seem like someone chasing after the American Dream. Gatsby desperately tried to become a part of the American Upper Class. Eventually, he gets killed after being twisted up with the Wilsons. Throughout this whole process, his main focus was Daisy. He threw all these lavish parties with hundreds of people just to get the attention of one girl. During Gatsby and the Wilsons’ lives Fitzgerald analyses the concept that America is a meritocracy where anyone can rise to the top with putting in the right amount of work. F. Scott Fitzgerald pictures the American Dream as illusionary, unachievable, and …show more content…
For example, Gatsby overcomes his poor past to gain an incredible amount of money but ends up being rejected by the “old money” crowd. This was a disadvantage because it eventually got him killed. Throughout Gatsby’s life and the Wilsons’, he is destroyed by the superficiality of the people of his age and the infidelity of his dream. Fitzgerald analyzes the idea that America is a political orientation where anyone can rise to the top with enough hard work. This is shown throughout the novel as Gatsby’s story of his past is unfolded telling us the truth and loyalty behind the wealth he acquired. He spent his whole life chasing after ‘The American Dream’ only to have everything taken away from him at the end. These series of unfortunate events are greatly viewed as his pessimistic view of the American Dream itself. Through different symbols the author represents the horrifying consequences of Americans’ obsession with a wealthy